Podcasts
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One Book, One Philadelphia Kickoff Join featured author Julie Otsuka for the One Book, One Philadelphia kickoff and enjoy an original musical work, inspired by featured selection The Buddha in the Attic , composed by Riho Maimets of the Curtis… more
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Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth spent more than 40 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer , and is currently the digital artist in residence at WHYY. His many awards include five Overseas Press Press Club Awards, the Sigma Delta… more
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• Recorded Jan 13, 2013A globally renowned scholar and recipient of a National Science Medal, Jared Diamond is the author of the bestselling book Guns, Germs and Steel , recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. An ecologist and evolutionary biologist, Diamond is a professor of… more
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A Pulitzer Prize finalist for history, Kevin Phillips is a regular commentator for NPR and has been a political and economic commentator for four decades. He served as chief political strategist for Richard Nixon during the 1968 election, and in… more
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With the publication of his seminal work, Black Theology and Black Power , Dr. James H. Cone was dubbed the father of black liberation theology, a movement which takes root in 1960s civil rights activism. Cone’s work addresses God as concerned… more
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Natasha Trethewey, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection Native Guard , was named the 19 th United States poet laureate in June 2012. A Mississippi native, Trethewey is a professor at Emory University in Atlanta. Her… more
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Regarded as “one of the finest journalistic investigators of our time” ( Los Angeles Times Book Review ), Bob Woodward is a longtime Washington Post reporter and currently associate editor there. In 1972 he teamed with Carl Bernstein to unravel… more
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Food Network icon Rachael Ray is host of the Emmy Award–winning syndicated show Rachael Ray, as well as 30-Minute Meals and Tasty Travels. Her bestselling cookbooks include The Book of Burger and Rachael Ray’s Look + Cook— a “bullet-proof recipe… more
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• Recorded Dec 6, 2012Daniel Mendelsohn’s books include the international bestseller The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, winner of the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award and the Prix Medicis Etranger, and an acclaimed translation of the poetry of C. P.… more
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It's hard to find a food blog with more accolades than Deb Perelman’s Smitten Kitchen blog, which counts the New York Times , Martha Stewart, NPR, and Rachael Ray among its many admirers. Perelman’s philosophy is that there are no bad cooks, just… more
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A highly regarded commentator on history, politics and religion in America, Jon Meacham is executive editor at Random House and co-anchor of Need to Know on PBS, as well as the former editor of Newsweek , where he started as writer in 1995 and… more
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• Recorded Nov 29, 2012Illustrious researcher and Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University’s Polytechnic Institute, Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable… more
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A courageous voice for justice, freedom, and human rights around the world, Wole Soyinka is the first African recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels, plays, poems, and essays. For his unhesitating resistance to political… more
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In Leonardo and the Last Supper , Ross King presents a portrait of one of history’s artistic geniuses, exploring how—surrounded by war and political and religious turmoil, and plagued by his own insecurities—Leonardo da Vinci created the… more
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• Recorded Nov 15, 2012Patriarch of one of the greatest political dynasties in the United States, Joseph Patrick Kennedy was an indomitable figure whose ferocious drive and ingenuity were matched only by his dreams of advancement for his nine children. With… more
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• Recorded Nov 14, 2012In the late 1970s “only the Lord saved more” than Flyers goaltender Bernie Parent. In his time as a Broad Street Bully, Parent won two Vezina Trophies as the league’s top goaltender, two Conn Smythe Trophies as playoff MVP, and two Stanley Cup… more
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• Recorded Nov 13, 2012Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame is a collection of essays about influential Jewish athletes, coaches, broadcasters, team owners, and trainers, including Howard Cosell, Art Shamsky, Kerri Strug, and Sandy Koufax. Contributors include New… more
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Called “the Woody Guthrie of contemporary American fiction” ( Boston Globe ), Barbara Kingsolver is a self-described “writer of the working class.” Her work is rich in science, landscape, and character, and has garnered numerous awards, including… more
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Alex Danchev’s writing spans art, politics, and military history, and the subjects of his acclaimed biographies include philosopher-statesman Oliver Franks, military writer Basil Liddell Hart, and cubist Georges Braque. His most recent books… more
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“Immensely gifted and accomplished” ( Washington Post ) Irish novelist Colm Toibin's books include The South, winner of the Irish Times/Aer Lingus First Fiction Award; The Master, winner of the Dublin IMPAC Prize and the Los Angeles Times Novel… more
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